Question

you will have 10 minutes to complete the quiz, with only one opportunity to take it (you cannot exit and re - enter). you will be able to go back to pre - there is an answer for each question before you exit. be sure to save your answers! question 1 why was the landmass south of the equator between europe/africa and asia called \america\ (later south america)? \america\ is a latin - based word that means \place of friends\ a german mapmaker labelled it, giving credit to explorer amerigo vespucci for first understanding this large landmass was actually a continent the french lost a war with spain, who decided to name it after the niece of queen isabel french explorer louis america de richelieu established the first colony in north america, somewhere around modern day delaware question 2 what were explorers verrazzano and cartier trying to find for france, as they sailed up and down the north american coastline? native tribes who would help them fight the spanish in florida a water route to asia the great lakes, which they learned about from christopher columbus published journal none of these

Explanation:

For Question 1, the landmass south of the equator between Europe/Africa and Asia was named "America" after the German map - maker who credited Amerigo Vespucci for realizing it was a continent. For Question 2, Verrazzano and Cartier were trying to find a water - route to Asia for France as they explored the North American coastline.

Answer:

Question 1: A German mapmaker labelled it, giving credit to explorer Amerigo Vespucci for first understanding this large landmass was actually a continent
Question 2: A water route to Asia